CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)' http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)' en Sun, 31 May 2026 16:58:18 +0000 acsimpson on "'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18040#post-257907 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:01:37 +0000 acsimpson 257907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there any useful information there? Rails market share has risen but there is no mention of a fall in trips so I have to assume.e that these are new journeys. While they might have saved emissions over air they have generated emissions over not traveling.</p> <p>The claimed savings are also not said to be annual so presumably the 300k tonnes of CO2 savings are for the whole 10 years. </p> I were right about that saddle on "'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18040#post-257710 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:18:03 +0000 I were right about that saddle 257710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This stuff is all very well, but unless <a href="https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/full.html">the gradient of this curve</a> changes sign it's a waste of time.</p> <p>Moving travel from high-fuel modes to high-concrete modes might help, but unless the whole world agrees to leave hydrocarbons in the ground...... </p> piosad on "'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18040#post-257709 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:07:04 +0000 piosad 257709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The Scottish transport sector has failed to take significant action to tackle climate change, and has recently become the single largest source of carbon emissions. </blockquote></p> <p>Hmm, if only there was some way to do something about this. </p> chdot on "'New research shows shift from air to rail cuts carbon (Scotland-London)'" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18040#post-257699 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:07:02 +0000 chdot 257699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://transformscotland.org.uk/blog/2017/08/21/new-research-shows-shift-from-air-to-rail-has-cut-carbon-in-scotland-london-travel-market/" rel="nofollow">http://transformscotland.org.uk/blog/2017/08/21/new-research-shows-shift-from-air-to-rail-has-cut-carbon-in-scotland-london-travel-market/</a> </p>